But he said, "You'll come to Queens with us.

Ms. Marshall wants this to be the greeting for those coming to Queens?

She came to Queens illegally a year ago, washing floors for $150 a week, not enough to support herself and her three children in Cali.

Listen to Helen Maynard, 67, a retired registered nurse who came to Queens in 1956.

"It was a commercial neighborhood then, and the Cubans were the first Latins to come to Queens."

A decent, although by no means first-rate, lineup of reggae vocalists comes to Queens for this concert.

He added, "If there's any theme, it might be that democracy comes to Queens."

"George Washington came to Queens to buy trees," he said.

A condominium tower with amenities typical of expensive new apartment buildings in Manhattan is coming to Queens.

I came to Queens four years ago from Detroit, by way of Oakland, Calif.